Ohio Coatings Company Revenue and Competitors

The OCC provides tin plated coils to 30 percent of the sanitary food can industry; 60 percent of the general line segment, i.e. paint cans, coffee cans and aerosols; five percent to the oil filter segment and five percent to specialty products such as cookware and battery jackets. According to figures from EODA, the Ohio Coatings venture has created 78 full-time positions with an annual $6.5 million payroll including fringe benefits. It provides high-end industrial employment and utilizes local mechanical and electrical companies for support services. The OCC has indirectly saved over 300 jobs at Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel's Yorkville and Steubenville plants due to their processing and supplying 75 percent of OCC's substrate needs. Ney delivered the keynote address at the annual meeting, and reported the economy is recovering from its recession, but "we have a long way to go. He said the biggest challenge to U.S. business is China. "I realize we can't put a wall, around our country, and something needs to be done to make competition more fair." He said the Chinese people have no choice in deciding how to earn their living. "The government tells them what work to do, pays them low wages and subsidizes businesses. We can't compete with wages of 15 cents an hour," Ney said. "I hope conditions improve for the people, not only for humanitarian reasons, but to level the playing field. All we are asking for is reciprocity in trade." Ney said that service jobs are meaningful and important, "but we need to keep manufacturing jobs in the United states to keep our country strong." Also earning excellence awards at the meeting were Resource Systems of New Concord, and The Wilds of Muskingum County, for tourism. The EODA represents 16 counties in Eastern Ohio and serves a population of over 800,000 people with a mission to promote economic growth and to improve the quality of life in the region.